Spatial and temporal variation of microbial respiration rates in a blackwater stream

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作者
Fuss, CL [1 ]
Smock, LA [1 ]
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[1] VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIV,DEPT BIOL,RICHMOND,VA 23284
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10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00095.x
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Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
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071012 ; 0713 ;
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1. The extent of spatial and temporal variation of microbial respiration was determined in a first-order, sand-bottomed, blackwater stream on the coastal plain of south-eastern Virginia, U.S.A. 2. Annual mean respiration rates (as g O-2 m(-3) h(-1)) differed significantly among substrata: leaf litter, 12.9; woody debris, 2.4; surface sediment, 0.8; hyporheic sediment, 0.4; water column, 0.003. Rates associated with wood were higher than those with leaves when expressed per unit surface area. 3. Highest respiration rates on leaves, wood and in the water column occurred during the summer, whereas rates in the sediments were greatest during the late autumn and winter. Water temperature, as well as particulate organic matter and nitrogen content of the substrata, was correlated positively with respiration rates. 4. A stepwise multiple regression showed that temperature and nitrogen content together explained 88% of the variation in respiration rates of leaves and wood. In contrast, particulate organic matter content and nitrogen content explained 89-90% of the variation in respiration in the sediments. Although water temperature was a significant factor in the sediment multiple regressions, its addition as an independent variable improved the regression models only slightly. 5. Annual mean respiration in the stream channel, based on the proportional amount of respiration occurring associated with each type of substratum during each month, was 1.1 kg O-2 m(-2) yr(-1). Seventy per cent of respiration in the stream occurred in the hyporheic zone, 8-13% occurred in the surface sediment, leaf litter or woody debris, and < 1% occurred in the water column. Approximately 16% of total detritus, or 40% of non-woody detritus, stored in the stream during the year was lost to microbial respiration.
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